Dealing with a deep Guillotine is difficult – we have a number of defences for early Guillotine attempts but when a Guillotine is deep, you need a well worked plan to survive and escape. We practice Gracie Jiu Jitsu self defence and spend a lot of time dealing with submission attempts in common scenarios – the deep Guillotine being one … Read More
Control and Submit
Recent lessons have focused strongly on Mount escapes and Mount retention – however, we are also looking at armbars. It’s so important to control someone’s posture before attempting to finish a submission. The Mount escape techniques we are majoring on are the elbow escape and a modified version of the classic trap and roll. There are so many steps and … Read More
Training Without the Gi in August
Enjoying training without the Gi at BJJ Lifestyle Team in Long Ditton, near Kingston. All of the Jiu Jitsu we learn, develop and practice can be done with or without the Gi – recently, we have been looking at side control. Our exclusive interest is Gracie Jiu Jitsu self defence. We focus on clinching and takedowns every training session, spend … Read More
Coaching Team Further Strengthened at Lifestyle Team in Kingston
Exceptionally excited about learning Kata Guruma (Fireman’s carry) from Olympic athlete and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Danny Williams – over the course of the next eight weeks. The Lifestyle Team coaching line-up now includes: Lyubo Kumbarov – teaching No-Gi takedowns for BJJ on Saturdays between 10.30 and 12 noon. Lyubo is also available for private lessons. Lyubo’s Saturday training sessions are available … Read More
Twenty Plus On The Mat Practicing Takedowns Followed By BJJ
Great training session last night – the start of a new era. A privilege to be coached by Jon Purssey, former Commonwealth and British Judo champion. After ten months of Judo for BJJ, everyone is starting to look really good on their feet – for those that have been consistent, the hard work is paying off. Our new training structure … Read More
We’re Building A BJJ Competition Team – Beginners Very Welcome
BJJ Lifestyle Team is going from strength to strength and we are building a competition team. If you haven’t practiced BJJ before, why not join us at our grass roots level and train to become a future champion! There is a very active beginners/white belt competition scene in the UK. We’re now entered at NAGA, The British Open, The Bournemouth … Read More
A Very Sociable Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Team!
Friday 18th March saw lots of us visit Rodizio Preto in Putney – the well-known Brazilian restaurant. We all had a fantastic night and ate as much as we could – the meat was delicious and so was the Brazilian beer! We’re all looking forward to our next team outing – tickets are booked to watch Polaris 3 in Bournemouth. … Read More
Strong Performance At Kleos Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Competition
Strong performances at Kleos Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition at the High Wycombe Judo centre – with Ben Gracie picking up a silver medal in a stacked division. Entering his first BJJ competition, Ben (in the white Gi) had a total of four fights, submitting his first two opponents. In his first fight he finished his opponent with a head and arm triangle choke, the … Read More
First Training Session of 2016 With Twenty Seven People Training
Happy New Year to everyone – 2016 is going to be a big year with Lyubo Kumbarov doing some week night No-Gi training sessions, Jonathan Purssey continuing with his Judo for BJJ training program and Leo Negao conducting some of his brilliant Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu seminars. Mondays and Thursdays will of course always be BJJ nights and Fridays continue as usual … Read More
Friday Nights – Open Mat At Lifestyle Team In Kingston
Everyone welcome. Friday nights, 6.30 – 7.30 pm. Cost £5. Sparring only. We train at the Sea Cadets centre – 5 minutes walk from Kingston train station. We are located just behind TGI Friday’s, near Turk’s Launches by the Thames and 100 yards from the John Lewis goods entrance. Contact Diccon on 07974 303 147 if you would like to … Read More
